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State of Alaska
                                                            Fiscal Note
                                                                                             Bill Version:                      CSSB 60(JUD)
 2024 Legislative Session
                                                                                             Fiscal Note Number:                4
                                                                                             (S) Publish Date:                  4/2/2024
 Identifier:        SB060-JUD-ACS-1-22-24                                     Department:        Judiciary
 Title:             REPEAL WORKERS' COMP APPEALS                              Appropriation: Alaska Court System
                    COMMISSION                                                Allocation:        Trial Courts
 Sponsor:           WIELECHOWSKI                                              OMB Component Number:                 768
 Requester: Senate Judiciary Committee
 Expenditures/Revenues
 Note: Amounts do not include inflation unless otherwise noted below.                                                                 (Thousands of Dollars)
                                                 Included in
                                    FY2025       Governor's
                                Appropriation      FY2025                                           Out-Year Cost Estimates
                                  Requested       Request
 OPERATING EXPENDITURES               FY 2025        FY 2025       FY 2026                     FY 2027             FY 2028            FY 2029          FY 2030
 Personal Services
 Travel
 Services
 Commodities
 Capital Outlay
 Grants & Benefits
 Miscellaneous
 Total Operating                            0.0           0.0          0.0                           0.0                  0.0              0.0               0.0
 Fund Source (Operating Only)
 None
 Total                                            0.0            0.0                 0.0             0.0                  0.0              0.0               0.0
 Positions
 Full-time
 Part-time
 Temporary
 Change in Revenues
 None
 Total                                            0.0            0.0                 0.0             0.0                  0.0              0.0               0.0
 Estimated SUPPLEMENTAL (FY2024) cost:                                  0.0                (separate supplemental appropriation required)
 Estimated CAPITAL (FY2025) cost:                                       0.0                (separate capital appropriation required)
 Does the bill create or modify a new fund or account?       No
 (Supplemental/Capital/New Fund - discuss reasons and fund source(s) in analysis section)
 ASSOCIATED REGULATIONS
 Does the bill direct, or will the bill result in, regulation changes adopted by your agency?                n/a
 If yes, by what date are the regulations to be adopted, amended or repealed?
 Why this fiscal note differs from previous version/comments:
 Updated for FY 25 and version B
 Prepared By:             Nancy Meade, General Counsel                                                              Phone:          (907)463-4736
 Division:                Alaska Court System                                                                       Date:           01/22/2024 10:00 AM
 Approved By:             Stacey Marz, Administrative Director                                                      Date:           01/22/24
 Agency:                  Alaska Court System
Printed 3/29/2024                                                      Page 1 of 2                                                           Control Code: JrCji
                                                                                                           CSSB 60(JUD) - Fiscal Note 4
                                                  FISCAL NOTE ANALYSIS
STATE OF ALASKA                                                                   BILL NO. SB60
2024 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
Analysis
   Senate Bill 60, version B, would eliminate the Alaska Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission currently housed within
   the Department of Labor, and transfer jurisdiction over appeals pending in that Commission and all future appeals from
   the decisions of the Workers' Compensation Board to the superior court.
   According to case data previously provided by the Commission, an average of 33 appeals per year were handled by the
   Commission in the period from 2006-2017, with a decrease in the number in the years from 2018 to present. The court
   system therefore anticipates that, under this bill, the superior court would be handling approximately 25-30 additional
   administrative appeals from the Board each year. These additional cases would be presided over by a superior court
   judge; we anticipate that the impact of these new cases would be spread across jurisdictions and could be handled by our
   superior court judges without additional resources.
   The court system does not anticipate that this bill would change the caseload of the Supreme Court, which already
   currently handles appeals from the Commission. Its jurisdiction would not be altered under this bill; the appeals would
   simply come from the superior court instead of from the Commission.
   The court system anticipates that it will be able to absorb the increased caseload into its operations without a fiscal
   impact, and therefore submits this zero fiscal note.
(Revised 10/31/2023 OMB/LFD)                                                                                         Page 2 of 2
SB060-JUD-ACS-1-22-24                                           Page 2 of 2                                                  Control Code: JrCji
Statutes affected: 
SB0060A, AM SB 60, introduced 02/06/2023: 23.30.005, 23.30.107, 40.25.100, 40.25.295, 23.30.095, 23.30.110, 23.30.108, 23.30.130, 44.62.540, 44.62.560, 44.62.570, 23.30.155, 23.30.126, 23.30.008, 39.50.200, 23.30.007, 23.30.009, 23.30.125, 23.30.127, 23.30.128, 23.30.129, 23.30.395, 39.25.110, 44.64.020, 22.10.020
SB0060B, AM CSSB 60(JUD), introduced 04/02/2024: 23.30.005, 23.30.107, 40.25.100, 40.25.295, 23.30.095, 23.30.110, 23.30.108, 23.30.130, 44.62.540, 44.62.560, 44.62.570, 23.30.155, 23.30.126, 23.30.008, 39.50.200, 23.30.007, 23.30.009, 23.30.125, 23.30.127, 23.30.128, 23.30.129, 23.30.395, 39.25.110, 44.64.020, 22.10.020